Episode 253: Vindictive Wrapping Paper, Iceland’s Yule Cat, & The Wizard of Oz at Sphere

Madigan’s Pubcast

Kathleen Madigan

Stand-up, Comedy:stand-up, Comedy

4.9 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 17 December 2025

⏱️ 101 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of the Pubcast, Kathleen opens the show drinking a Hazy Holiday IPA from Silver Bluff Brewing Company in Brunswick, GA. She reviews her weekend in Ponte Vedra and then LA and Vegas, discussing Fantasy Football at Good Morning Footballand seeing The Wizard of Oz at the Sphere in Vegas. Plus! Court News, Tour News, Tasting Menu, Updates, Front Page Pub News, Holy Shit They Found It, Saint of the Week, What Are We Watching, and a Feel Good Story!

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0:00.0	Hey everybody, it's me, Kathleen Madigan.
0:10.7	Welcome to Madigan's Pubcast.
0:12.5	You grab yourself a drink, pull up a bar stool, let's talk about what's been going on.
0:23.6	Termites, welcome.
0:25.4	It's the belladonna Stevie.
0:27.5	Welcome with her tiny microphone.
0:30.3	Stevie's off the road.
0:31.5	No new dates.
0:33.1	They better post them soon.
0:34.6	She's going to Jazz Fest.
0:35.6	Guess who's headlining Jazz Fest in New Orleans this year?
0:38.3	Who? The Eagles and Stevie Nix. I mean, I love Stevie. And the Eagles are fine. Yeah. But, I mean, is it 1972? What these? Yeah. Just, it's jazz. I don't know. Dusted off. And if you're a jazz fan, is that jazz? it's not really jazz.
0:54.4	I'm not a jazz fan.
0:55.9	But if I was a jazz fan,
0:57.5	I'd be like,
0:57.9	Hey, I don't know. And if you're a jazz fan, is that jazz? It's not really jazz.
0:55.6	I'm not a jazz fan.
0:59.5	But if I was a jazz fan, I'd be like, hey, what are we doing?
1:02.1	No, I don't understand anything about it.
1:06.3	So, welcome to episode 253.
1:10.4	So many things, because I missed a week because I had to go to Los Angeles. I had to go to the city of angels to do a bunch of things for the special, which was totally fun. And I am not an L.A. fan, as many of you know, it's not really my idea. Huh? You left. I left. Well, yep, it took me two hours to go get windshield wipers from an auto zone, a full round
1:28.8	trip. And I went, you don't have to live like this, Kathleen. You do not have to live like this, just going down to Santa Monica Boulevard. And thankfully, the lady at the auto zone knew how to put the windshield wipers on, because I did not, because my car's so old. Couldn't even believe that anyway. But this time
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